Battles Without Honor and Humanity

*Battles Without Honor and Humanity*
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
	Screenshot from the first installment of the series, featuring the title against the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Films and television
Film(s)	Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973); Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973); Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973); Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974); Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974); New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974); New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975); New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss (1976); Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979); New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (2000); New Battles Without Honor and Humanity/Murder (2003);
Audio
Original music	"Battle Without Honor or Humanity"

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (Japanese: 仁義なき戦い, Hepburn: Jingi Naki Tatakai), also known in the West as The Yakuza Papers, is a Japanese yakuza film series produced by Toei Company. Inspired by a series of magazine articles by journalist Kōichi Iiboshi that are based on memoirs originally written by real-life yakuza Kōzō Minō, the films detail yakuza conflicts in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Five films directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Bunta Sugawara as Shozo Hirono (a character based on Minō) were produced between 1973 and 1974. They were critically and commercially successful and popularized the subgenre of yakuza film called Jitsuroku eiga, which are often based on true stories. Fukasaku directed an additional three standalone films under the New Battles Without Honor and Humanity title between 1974 and 1976. Three more films by different directors were produced in 1979, 2000 and 2003.